Foreign Languages in ID CS3

How many languages can I import into InDesign CS3 on my Mac, and how do I do it?
If I want to produce a multi-language instruction booklet, can I import them all from, say, MS Word and format the text to my own design? If some are possible and others are not, how can I find out?
I can't find much information about how to do all this, so please would someone out there point me in the right direction? A helpful website - or where to look in the ID documentation - is all I need.

Help -> InDesign Help -> Text -> Changing the Default language ... Hey, I got stuck there. Start again:
Help -> InDesign Help -> Typography (!) -> Formatting characters (!!) -> Assign a language to text. There. Main point is, "Language" is a
i character attribute
(such as Bold, Color, or Font) -- you can have every character in a word in a different language.
For the full list of supported langauges, just click anywhere in a text frame and check the Character panel. If it doesn't show a "Language" dropdown, go to the panel menu (the nearly invisible tack on its top right) and select "Show options". In the Language dropdown list, you can see all languages that come with ID by default.
ID does import local language overrides from Word, along with the other formatting; it doesn't change the language if you apply formatting to this text. However, if you ever choose to remove overrides for a piece of text, the language (being an override) will disappear and reset to the one in its paragraph or character styles.
"Supporting a language" in ID means that InDesign can hyphenate and spell check text in a certain language, nothing more. Specifically, it won't change the language in menu items and dialogs (use a localized version for that), or -- as some people seem to expect -- translate your text for you.

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Message was edited by: TheRoadhouse

TheRoadhouse wrote:
I am a foreign language student (Russian), and am trying to buy a foreign language apple keyboard (preferably wireless) in the states. I know they are available in Europe (my stepdaughter confirms she can get one thriugh her apple store), yet when I try to do the same here, they deny they even exist!! (This is the case even on the online store!!!)
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So Apple, what gives? There's a market for these products here, my MacBook Pro WILL support this product... So why won't you let me buy one (or even admit to me you even have such a thing, when those overseas have free access to them)?
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